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Top Stories Wikipedia Current Events The strike flattened the house on top of sleeping residents. One Israel suspends air strikes •According to United Nations rescue worker said "The victims all after deadly strike on Qana soldiers posted in , seem to be civilians, women and After the Qana tragedy when Hezbollah has been using children". Abu Shadi Jradi, a civil least 56 civilians, about 37 of hospitals, orphanages, mosques, defence official, said the bodies of them children, was killed Israel and United Nations posts as at least 27 children were found in agreed to suspend its aerial shields. The email came from one the rubble. activities in south Lebanon for 48 of the four Canadian UN hours. observers who was killed in an Villager Mohammed Ismail said Israeli strike. "We want this to stop. May God Gay teens assaulted and fined •More than 54 civilians, at least have mercy on the children. They by police in Romania 37 of them children, are killed in came here to escape the fighting. Two gay teens were fined and an Israeli airstrike on the They are hitting children to bring assaulted by police after cuddling, Lebanese town of Qana. the fighters to their knees." holding hands and kissing in a public park in Bucharest, •Ehud Olmert states that "Israel is Jim Muir, a BBC correspondent, Romania. Homosexuality, not in a hurry to have a cease- said "The three storey building including public manifestations of fire" before it achieves its goals. where families have been it, was decriminalised in Romania •146 Rockets hit Israel, at least sheltering in the basement was as late as 2001 three in Haifa, wounding six crushed sideways into an people. enormous crater by the Israeli Featured story bomb strike". He added "Elsewhere •The United Nations compound in in Qana and along the road up Hezbollah leader alleges prior Gaza City is stormed and from Tyre, many buildings had Israeli-US planning of current ransacked by Palestinians been similarly crushed." conflict protesting the 2006 Israel- Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Lebanon crisis and members of About nine out of ten residents are Hezbollah claims that the 2006 the Islamic Jihad militant group, estimated to have left Qana, which Israel-Lebanon conflict is the who threw stones, and fired has been heavily bombarded by result of an American-Israeli assault rifles. Eight vehicles were Israeli forces in the current conspiracy to attack Lebanon and damaged and five people were conflict. Those without cars, petrol gain control over the state as a wounded. and other means to leave are left part of a "new ". behind. According to Jim Muir who Israeli strike kills more than 50 had travelled to Qana along the Wikipedia Current Events civilians in Qana road from Tyre, the route had been • Israel halts air strikes for forty- In the deadliest single incident in pitted with bomb craters. eight hours, after an airstrike kills the ongoing Israel-Lebanon sixty civilians in Qana, Lebanon. conflict, an Israeli airstrike Later, Israel agreed to a 48-hour demolished a four-story building in halt in military activites while it •The UN Security Council is to the village of Qana in southern investigated the bombing of Qana. hold an emergency meeting on Lebanon, and according to the Red However, the Israeli military said it the Middle East crisis after the Cross, at least 56 displaced would launch counterattacks in deaths of more than 54 Lebanese civilians, about 37 of them Lebanon if Hezbollah fired more civilians in an Israeli raid. children, who were sheltering rockets at Israel in the 48-hour there were killed. period.

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Lebanese reactions "the attack on the structure in the these sorts of crimes". Anger spread across Lebanon and Qana village took place between the Arab world, several thousand midnight and one in the morning. Hizbulla leader Hassan Nasralla Shiite muslim protesters gathered The gap between the timing of the said "We will now rig up the fire in front of the United Nations collapse of the building and the and retalliate with a venegance. headquarters in and some time of the strike on it is unclear". We will send rockets and death to smashed their way into the the Zionist enemy, who will pay for building. The protesters chanted Eshel and the head of the IDF's this crime. We will hit the US and "Death to Israel, Death to Operational Branch, Major General Britain for supporting this America". Gadi Eisnkot said the structure massacre". was not being attacked when it Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad collapsed, at around 8:00 in the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Siniora called it Israel's "heinous morning. said "The massacre committed by crimes against civilians", and Israel in Qana this morning shows called off a scheduled meeting The Israeli military believes that the barbarity of this aggressive with US Secretary of State, Hezbollah explosives in the entity. It constitutes state Condoleezza Rice saying "There is building were behind the explosion terrorism committed in front of the no place on this sad morning for that caused the collapse: "It's eyes and ears of the world," any discussion other than an possible that inside the house, immediate and unconditional something or other was being The Egyptian President Hosni ceasefire as well as an stored that caused an explosion - Mubarak said "The Arab Republic international investigation into the something that we didn't succeed of is highly disturbed and Israeli massacres in Lebanon in blowing up in the attack and condemns the irresponsible Israeli now." that perhaps was left over there," attack on the Lebanese village of Brigadier General Eshel said. "I Qana, which led to the loss of The Lebanese Defence Minister say this very cautiously, because I innocent victims, most of which Elias Murr commented on the currently don't have the faintest were women and children," a Israeli statement on the Qatar- idea what the explanation for this statement from the presidency based al-Jazeera TV station, "What gap could be." said. do you expect Israel to say? Will it say that it killed 40 children and Eshel added that Hizbullah rocket King Abdullah of Jordan said: "This women?" launchers were hidden in civilian criminal aggression is an ugly buildings in the village. He crime that has been committed by Israeli reactions proceeded to show video footage the Israeli forces in the city of A senior air force commander said of rocket launchers being driven Qana that is a gross violation of all Israel had dropped a bomb on the into the village following launches. international statutes." building in Qana on the assumption it was sheltering Prime Minister Ehud Olmert International world reactions Hizbollah crews and was unaware expressed "deep regret" for the air The French president Jacques civilians were there. The strike, but said Israel would not Chirac, released a statement "The commander said "Had we known declare a cease-fire until it had president learnt with concern there were that many civilians reached the targets it had set at about the act of violence which inside, especially woman and the beginning of the war. Olmert, cost the lives of numerous children, we certainly would not responding to harsh international innocent victims, notably women have attacked it". criticism on the strike, said that and children in Qana." "France Hezbollah had used Qana as a condemns this unjustified action, According to the Israeli military, base for launching hundreds of which demonstrates more than the building collapsed eight hours rockets at Israel. ever the need for an immediate after the attack. ceasefire without which there will Arab world reactions only be other such incidents." Brigadier General Amir Eshel, Iranian foreign ministry Wikipedia has an article about Head of the Air Force spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said 2006 Qana airstrike. Headquarters told journalists at "I think Israeli officials and some the Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv American ones should be tried for

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United Kingdom Prime Minister consider this charge to be lakes on the surface of Saturn's Tony Blair has said the "tragedy" ungrounded and an act of moon, Titan. If the findings are in Qana shows the situation in the discrimination against sexual confirmed, then Titan will be the Middle East "simply cannot orientation, considering that a only other planetary mass, other continue". heterosexual couple were not than Earth, to have liquid lakes on prosecuted for engaging in similar their surfaces. Some of the 'lakes' Foreign Secretary of the United acts a few metres away. One of also contain channels that lead to Kingdom, Margaret Beckett, called the teens stated that: and from them. The lakes are the strikes "absolutely dreadful" I will never forget the hypocrisy believed to have been formed by and "quite appalling". She said with which they said they only rainfall of liquid methane or "We have repeatedly urged Israel wanted to see our id"s, that they ethane. to act proportionately," were only doing their job, when at 10 metres distance, a girl and a Some radar images of the lakes Pope Benedict said "In the name boy were having sex in the and channels leading to and from of God, I call on all those bushes. them, show areas of black, which responsible for this spiral of indicate that there is no image to violence so that weapons are Additionally, the police offers display and scientists say that it immediately laid down on all threatened the teens that they could mean the surface of the sides." would beat them again, with "no 'lakes' are very smooth and flat. witnesses", when they were off Potent symbol duty. "What we see is darker than Qana became a potent symbol of anything we've ever seen Lebanese civilian deaths by Israeli Homosexuality, including public elsewhere on Titan. It was almost military bombings after an earlier manifestations of it, was as though someone laid a bull's- incident in April 1996, when a decriminalised in Romania in 2001, eye around the whole north pole of single Israeli shell killed more than when Article 200 of the Penal Code Titan, and Cassini sees these 100 civilians sheltering at the base was fully repealed. Since 2000, regions of lakes just like those we of U.N. peacekeepers in the village the country has an anti- see on Earth," said U.S. Geological during Israel's "Grapes of Wrath" discrimination law which explicitly Survey Cassini interdisciplinary campaign. prohibits discrimination on the scientist, Larry Soderblom. basis of sexual orientation. Gay teens assaulted and fined However, despite this, social So far scientists have found at by police in Romania attitudes remain conservative and least 12 lakes which range Two gay teens were fined and discrimination remains widespread between 6 and 62 miles wide. assaulted by police on 27 July at and rarely reported and around 23:30 after cuddling, investigated, with the 2006 "It was a real potpourri," said holding hands and kissing in a Bucharest GayFest, held in early University of Arizona Cassini public park in Bucharest, Romania. June, provoking a violent reaction scientist, Jonathan Lunine. According to their report, the two from many passers-by, even if it were subject to humiliation and took place successfully due to "We've always believed Titan's physical assault by the officers and heavy police protection. Gay rights methane had to be maintained by park guardians, who had organisations have also liquid lakes or extensive approached them on the pretext of complained that when the anti- underground 'methanofers,' the checking their identification cards. discrimination law is applied, fines methane equivalent of aquifers. After beating up the two, one of are too low (the average fine for We can't see methanofers but we the officers allegedly said that, "I an employer discriminating on the can now say we've seen lakes ," should tie you up with chains and basis of sexual orientation is about added Lunine. f*** you until you are cured of 300 lei, or less than USD128). your sickness". The two teens James Bond set at Pinewood were each fined 500 lei Cassini photographs possible Studios destroyed by fire (approximately USD179) for lakes on Saturn's moon, Titan Firefighters have confirmed that "disturbing the public peace", the Cassini, a European and United the large James Bond sound stage other alternative being a criminal States space probe, has taken at Pinewood Studios has been record for the same offence. They pictures of what appear to be destroyed by fire. It is thought

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Monday, July 31, 2006 Wikinews Page 4 eight fire engines were called to where The Avengers was being Mr Kennedy's chief of staff during the scene near Iver Heath in recorded. his reign as Liberal Democrat Buckinghamshire on Sunday leader, said the story was morning, where filming for Casino Charles Kennedy rejects “ridiculous”. Royale, the latest Bond movie, has leadership allegations been completed. Charles Kennedy, who stepped Sir Menzies, who was chosen by down as leader of the British party members to head the party Jen McVean witnessed the event, Liberal Democrats party this in March, has been criticised over and she said the stage was January, is planning a fresh his performance as leader, "completely on fire". The set had campaign for his old job, according especially during Prime Minister"s been transformed into a replica of to "s News of the World. But Questions. On Friday, Peter Black, the Italian city of Venice, but Mrs Mr Kennedy, who resigned after a Liberal Democrat Welsh McVean, who owns a firm at the admitting he had problems with Assembly member, issued a studios, said: "Nothing is alcohol, has dismissed such cutting attack on the 65 year-old, salvageable and there are many, reports. telling him to "shape up". A recent many fire engines there." One poll also says that support for the spokesman said around 40 to 50 A senior party source claimed Mr Liberal Democrats has slumped to firefighters were at the scene. Kennedy is holding weekly its lowest point since 2002. The meetings with key aids about Guardian/ICM survey put the It is reported that fire damage preparing to contest the Liberal Liberal Democrats at 17%, with caused the building"s roof to fall in Democrats current leader, Sir the Conservatives on 39% and and firefighters were damping the Menzies Campbell. It is also Labour on 35%. flames down with specialist claimed Mr Kennedy is “deadly equipment. “We do not know the serious” about the challenge. However, Sir Menzies told BBC extent of the damage to the 007 recently that he “would stage, although it is believed to be The source added that if Sir not be judged by opinion polls significant,” a spokesman for Menzies fails to deliver at this after a few months”. He also said: Pinewood Studios said. “Filming September"s Liberal Democrat “If I didn't think I had the energy, was not taking place. A production conference, the bid could be the values and the judgement to had completed filming and its film mounted then, but it is more likely be the leader of the Liberal sets were in the process of being to come after the next General Democrats, I wouldn't have removed,” he added. Election, which is expected to take offered myself for the job.” place in 2010. No one was reported injured in the Australian PM mobbed by anti- incident. Mr Kennedy's key advisors, which Israel protesters apparently includes the head of Australian Prime Minister John Pinewood, which was created in campaigns Lord Razzell, are said Howard was mobbed by protesters 1935, was the filming ground for to be planning a tactic to oppose a in Perth, Western Australia on Dr No, the first ever James Bond potentially damaging biography of Saturday, angry at the stance he movie in 1962. It merged with Mr Kennedy which is due to hit the has taken on the recent conflicts Shepperton Studios in 2001, and shelves later this summer. in the Middle East. high-budget movies like Harry Potter and Charlie and the In a response to the allegations, a Leaving a Liberal party conference Chocolate Factory have since been statement released on behalf of Mr at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in the filmed there. Kennedy by the Liberal Democrats West Australian capital, Howard said: “As everyone knows, long- was mobbed by 200 protestors In 1984, a sound stage caught standing friends and political angry at Howard's support for fire, but it reopened in January colleagues remain close to me. We Israel and the Australian 1985 and was named the Albert meet frequently and it is simply government's lack of action. Brocolli sound stage in honour of fanciful to read anything else into the man who produced many Bond such a normal ongoing state of Protestors kicked, punched and films. In 1997, Pinewood was hit affairs.” threw projectiles at the Prime by fire again after flames broke Minister's vehicle as police out in the roof of a sound building According to Lord Newby, who was struggled to keep the angry mob

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